Federal Act
on the Amendment of the Swiss Civil Code
(Part Five: The Code of Obligations)

¹ The court de­term­ines the form and ex­tent of the com­pens­a­tion provided for dam­age in­curred, with due re­gard to the cir­cum­stances and the de­gree of culp­ab­il­ity.

^1bis Where an an­im­al kept as a pet rather than for in­vest­ment or com­mer­cial pur­poses has been in­jured or killed, the court may take ap­pro­pri­ate ac­count of its sen­ti­ment­al value to its own­er or his de­pend­ants.²⁷

² Where dam­ages are awar­ded in the form of peri­od­ic pay­ments, the debt­or must at the same time post se­cur­ity.